After Peligro joined the band, the extended play In God We Trust, Inc. (1981) saw them move toward a more aggressive hardcore/thrash sound. In addition to the EP’s controversial artwork depicting a gold Christ figure on a cross of dollar bills, the lyrics contained Biafra’s most biting social and political commentary yet, and songs such as ” Moral Majority “, ” Nazi Punks Fuck Off! ” and “We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now” placed Dead Kennedys as the spokesmen of social protest, while “Dog Bite”, a cover version of Rawhide and various joke introductions showed a much more whimsical side. In 1982, they released their second studio album, Plastic Surgery Disasters . The album’s cover features a withered starving African child’s hand being held and dwarfed by a white man’s hand, a picture that had won the World Press Photo award in 1980, taken in Karamoja district in Uganda by Mike Wells.
In God We Trust, Inc. EP released
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